Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Chester

Municipality: Pocopson township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       20,690

Household (median)                                               67,364

Family (median)                                                  70,107

  Married couple families (mean)                                 84,726

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          45,762





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             1.7

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                75.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            66.7

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             2.0

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 5.1

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                            22.2

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  2.4





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 42

  Elementary or High School                                         513

  College                                                           174



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              23.6

  High school grad (%)                                             76.4

  College grad (%)                                                 37.7





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                  1,308

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           19.0

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 34.4

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          2.4

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 6.0

  Mean Income                                                    55,565

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                24.2

  Mean Income                                                    79,418

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            69.8

  Mean Income                                                    82,628

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    547

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.3

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                    213

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    0.4





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   46.6

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           27.4

  Service (%)                                                      10.5

  Farming (%)                                                       4.1

  Craft and Repair (%)                                              6.0

  Labor (%)                                                         5.4





Source:        Census of Population and Housing, 1990: Summary Tape File 3

Prepared by:   The Pennsylvania State Data Center, Penn State Harrisburg

Date Prepared: December, 1996